Associate Professor Anthony W. English
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Faculty of Veterinary Science |
| Qualifications | BVSc (First Class Hons) PhD FACVSc RFD. Fellowship in Deer Medicine and Production |
| Teaching Areas | Veterinary Conservation Biology (VETS 2015) Animal Husbandry 1B (VETS 1019) - Deer Animal Structure and Function 3 (Animal Science) Animal Health - cattle medicine (Animal Science) |
| VEIN Projects | Veterinary conservation biology Wildlife (Australia) Camels & camelids Deer |
| Administration | Unit of Study coordinator for Veterinary Conservation Biology (VETS 2015) for second year students. Director Faculty Deer Research Unit Chair of Faculty Wildlife Studies Committee Chair of Wildlife Health and Conservation Centre Working Party. Warden of Nepean Hall |
| Research | Health studies in Australia's native fauna Ecology and management of wild deer in Australia Contraception as a management tool in deer |
| Contributions to the profession and to the community |
Member Zoological Parks Board of NSW (September 2001-June 2006) Hon. Veterinary Officer to the NSW Branch of the Deer Industry Association of Australia (DIAA) since 1978. Chairman of the DIAA QA Board 1998 - present. Regional coordinator for Australia and New Zealand of the IUCN/SSC Deer Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of IUCN. Also member of Conservation Breeding Specialist Group and Veterinary Specialist Groups. Member of the Executive Committee and Secretary of the World Association of Wildlife Veterinarians (WAWV). Adviser to the ASMP Artiodactyl Taxon Advisory Group. Invited member of World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA).
Leader of People to People Ambassador Program veterinary delegations to China (1994) (wildlife conservation and utilisation), to Nepal (1995) (wildlife management and conservation), and in 1997 to Bhutan and Nepal (wildlife conservation and management). Leader of a fourth delegation to the Galapagos Islands in December 1999. Planning completed for a delegation to South Africa in February 2002. Founder and President of the Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists (AAVCB) 1993 to present. AAVCB is the Australian Veterinary Association's wildlife Special Interest Group. Member of Executive Committee and Secretary of the World Association of Wildlife Veterinarians. Convener on behalf of WAWV of a 1-day symposium "Veterinarians in Conservation Biology" at the 7th International Theriological Congress, Acapulco, Mexico (September 1997). Consultant to the NSW government on pest animal management, member NPWS Royal National Park rusa deer Working Party. Member of Australian Wildlife Health Network Steering Committee. |
| Selected Publications |
English, A.W. (1991). Management strategies for farmed chital deer. In: The Biology of Deer, Ch 46, pp 189-196. Robert D. Brown (Ed.). Springer Verlag. English, A.W. (1991). Management strategies and health programs for farmed fallow deer. Wildlife Production: Conservation and Sustainable Development. L. Rennecker and R.J. Hudson (Eds.), pp 16-23. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Misc. Pub 91-6. English, A.W. and Mulley, R.C. (1992). Causes of perinatal mortality in farmed fallow deer (Dama dama). Australian Veterinary Journal 69: 191-193. English, A.W. (1994). Wildlife conservation and genetic diversity in agro-forestry systems in Asia. Agro-forestry and Animal Production for Human Welfare. Bali, Indonesia, July 1994. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Proceedings 55: 42-49. Kelly, J.D. and English, A.W. (1997). Conservation biology and the preservation of biodiversity: a role for zoos and the veterinary profession. Australian Veterinary Journal 75: 568-574. Sherman. D.M., Pokras, M. and English, A.W. (1999). Preparing veterinarians for meaningful participation in wildlife conservation. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 26: 26-29. Mylrea, G.E., Mulley, R.C., English, A.W. and Evans, G. (2000). Reproductive cycles of farmed female chital deer (Axis axis). Reproduction, Fertility and Development 11: 167-173. |